Box Score DECORAH — Facing the league champions on their home turf, the Central College men's tennis team fell 5-0 against Luther College in the American Rivers Conference tournament semifinals.

Central finishes its season with a 10-9 overall record. The Dutch had a 5-3 mark in conference matches, finishing in fourth place. Luther (16-9) advances to Saturday's tournament final.

"We played about as well as we could, even better than the last time we played them," coach Ryun Ferrell said.

Luther has won back-to-back conference regular season titles and is on the brink of its third league tournament crown in a row.

"They're just really talented right now," Ferrell said. "They were back to full strength after missing some players earlier in the season."
           
Central will lose seniors Tanner Finken (senior, Carroll) and Brad Dileo (senior, Iowa City, West HS) from the varsity lineup due to graduation but does return a strong contingent of underclassmen for next year's squad.
           
"It's sad to see them go," Ferrell said. "But they are on to bigger and better things and we wish them well."